[WP] Chapter 28: Remnants of the Old God

[WP] Chapter 28: Remnants of the Old God

In a very safe situation, Shade got information that had nothing to do with him. Satisfied, he planned to turn around and leave and planned to tell Dr. Schneider about what he saw and heard today.

But at this time, the woman's elegant whispering voice sounded in his ears again:

[You have come into contact with "enlightenment."]

He stopped and frowned. The element of "enlightenment" is related to civilization, but the strong traces of magic and spells may also cause its appearance, here

Standing in the narrow space between the pipe and the wall, because this is a dead corner, there is no garbage but more animal feces.

Shade carefully looked at the wall in front of him. The wall was almost covered with all kinds of dirty words and shapes representing private organs with chalk and paint. In addition, there were many strange traces that he didn't want to imagine.

The only two spiritual runes he had did not have the effect of enhancing vision for the time being, but what made him different from ordinary people was his ability to interpret almost all texts.

Below the sentence insulting the gods, above Shade's waist, some strange patterns were captured by the eyes of the young detective. He regarded it as text, and then he got the meaning and pronunciation of those words:

"Appear."

The ancient language used a full six syllables to express such a simple meaning.

In the thin mist, a white light flashed in front of Shade. He took a step back, but still put himself in the gap between the pipe and the wall.

The curious cat was awakened by the white light, and the person holding it saw a dilapidated stone statue slowly rising from the ground.

Its base is square, and the statue is only half the height of Shade. It is an image of a nobleman with bat wings and a cloak.

Shade closed his eyes and let blood and tears flow from his eyelids. He covered the cat's eyes, turned around quickly, and heard the murmurs in his ears, which were joyful, reciting stories that had never been told:

[You have come into contact with the remnants of the old god "Vampire Duke Loel."]

[The old gods were born from the original filthy blood, thirsty for blood, and crazy because of blood. In the dusk of the old days, they developed their followers with the curse of blood, were blinded by the curse of blood, and roared in the depths of the castle in the night.]

[You listened to the story of the old god "Vampire Duke Loel," and you learned one of the miracles of the old god "Vampire Duke Loel."]

"Can I engrave the spirit rune?"

After a moment, after confirming that there was only this information, Shade, who had come out of surprise, asked with an expectant voice, because the headache caused by close contact with the statue of the old god was relieved.

Then Shade heard the woman's voice in his heart chuckle:

[You have obtained the spell, the echo of blood. You have not yet obtained enough stories belonging to this god, outsider; miracles are not so easy to obtain.]

The murmur in his heart fell silent, and the statue of the old god conveyed new power to Shade. The life ring hidden behind the soul rotated, absorbing a little golden element, allowing the brass ring to be stained with gold particles, and condensing the spirit that belongs to the soul.

Shade's right eye suddenly turned blood red, and he gained the power to see the residual blood stains that were not easy to detect.

After fully understanding what was happening at the moment, Shade did not check the power he had obtained first, but first checked the cat in his arms.

Although the cat and Shade saw the whole process of the appearance of the old god statue, fortunately, the cat's sight was attracted by the scattered white light at that time, so it did not observe the full appearance of the old god statue at the first time like Shade. Therefore, Mia, in addition to being a little depressed, did not suffer the mental shock like Shade.

And the power Shade obtained—to put it simply, his right eye can now see the imperceptible bloodstains left in the air and on the surface of objects when the spell is actively activated.

This ability can also be achieved in Shade's world through certain technological means. But when he uses the spell, he does not need an instrument; he only needs to open his eyes, and as long as there is any bloodstain left, no matter how weak it is, he can see it.

Although this is not a powerful ability, it unexpectedly matches Shade's detective profession very well.

Shade has never heard of the name of the old god, "Vampire Duke Loel." He has never heard of any old god name except the "Father of the Infinite Tree.".

The story of this old god made him sound like a non-good god. This judgment was completely correct, so after obtaining the spell and the story, the voice in his head also reminded Shade that he was in contact with the silver element [blasphemy], which was an element that only evil gods had.

But he doesn't know if he did not have a deep perception of the [blasphemy] of this old god or if the power of this stone statue with a base was more inclined to [miracle]. Shade did not gain anything from [blasphemy].

But the gains from spells were also very good. Magical spells require corresponding spirit runes to be used, while spells do not require spirit runes and are the universal mystical abilities of ring sorcerers. Because they are "universal," the effects of spells are often not as good as magic, but some spells also have usage restrictions.

And from the doctor's notes, spells obtained by contacting the remnants of the old gods are usually not learned by other means.

So, Shade also got a rare spell for nothing, but unfortunately, the effect is not very obvious.

Since the benefit has been obtained, the next step is to leave immediately.

Shade couldn't take the statue of the old god away, and he didn't even dare to touch it directly with his skin. The existence of the stone statue is related to Madam Lasoya, and the statue of the old god cannot exist naturally in the city. It must be brought to this alley by the other party to hide.

The act of bringing the evil god statue into the city is a serious violation of the law, so Shade finally judged that Madam Lasoya is not a good person.

So he read the six syllables of the ancient text meaning "appear" in reverse order so that the statue of the evil god slowly went underground again.

He then carefully slipped away from the alley, not even caring about saving money, and got on the carriage at the next intersection without any hesitation, taking the cat with him, and headed for Dr. Schneider's psychological clinic in the eastern district of Tobesk.

But unfortunately, Dr. Bill Schneider was not in the clinic.

The people in the clinic also knew Shade, who was invited by the doctor to visit yesterday, so Dr. Clay, who was responsible for receiving him, informed Dr. Schneider of his whereabouts.

The wife and daughter of a count in this city who was not convenient to reveal his name recently suffered from bulimia. The count's doctor believed that this was a psychological problem, so he specially invited Dr. Schneider to diagnose and treat it. Dr. Schneider will stay overnight in the count's manor outside the city and will not come back until at least today.

As for the address of the manor and the count's last name, to protect the privacy of the patients, Shade cannot be told.

"But Mr. Hamilton, you can leave a note for Bill, and he will see it when he comes back."

Dr. Clay said very kindly, but he was determined not to reveal the location of the count's manor.

(End of this chapter)